The Invention of Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares

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This is a New York Review Book Published by The New York Review of Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 www.nyrb.com Copyright © 1964 by Adolfo Bioy Casares Introduction copyright © 2003 by Suzanne Jill Levine Translation copyright © 1964, 1992 by Ruth L. C. Simms First published in 1940 by Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, Argentina All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bioy Casares, Adolfo [Invention de Morel. English] The invention of Morel / by Adolfo Bioy Casares ; translated by Ruth L.C. Simms ; prologue by Jorge Luis Borges ; introduction by Suzanne Jill Levine. p. cm. — (New York Review Books classics) ISBN 1- 59017-057-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Simms, Ruth L.C. II. Title. III. Series. PQ7797.B535I6 2003 863'.62—dc22 2003015601 ISBN 978-1-59017-057-1 Book design by Lizzie Scott Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. 1 0 9 8 7
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION • vii PROLOGUE 5 THE INVENTION OF MOREL • 9
Page 2 and 3: SUZANNE JILL LEVINE is the author o
Page 4: THE INVENTION OF MOREL ADOLFO BIOY
Page 9 and 10: this intriguing novella and many of
Page 11 and 12: out of some unspelled yet inevitabl
Page 13 and 14: and the artificial over the novelis
Page 15: Bioy's style is terse and understat
Page 19 and 20: PROLOGUE AROUND 1880 Stevenson note
Page 21 and 22: I have been here before, But when o
Page 23 and 24: An Italian rugseller in Calcutta to
Page 25 and 26: could kill even a seasoned islander
Page 27: The island has four grassy ravines;
Page 30 and 31: iron grating, partly hidden by the
Page 32 and 33: wanted to escape from someone in th
Page 34 and 35: Perhaps I am leading myself into a
Page 36 and 37: Now I spend my days trying to disti
Page 38 and 39: contemplating a move that may send
Page 41 and 42: Speaking to her would be an alarmin
Page 43 and 44: true— Perhaps I can forget my bea
Page 45 and 46: one of three possible futures: to t
Page 47 and 48: Now I derive consolation from think
Page 49 and 50: "Please believe me, Faustine—" be
Page 51: from behind a clump of bushes, and
Page 55 and 56:
a week ago. The atrocious eternal r
Page 57 and 58:
e an explanation for these strange
Page 59 and 60:
away, where could I go It would be
Page 61 and 62:
The first thing I saw was a woman k
Page 63 and 64:
perhaps because of this and because
Page 65 and 66:
ecause of any poetic attachment, or
Page 67 and 68:
the living. It is hard for them, af
Page 70 and 71:
went up on the other side. I saw hi
Page 72 and 73:
They must have been racing. The men
Page 74 and 75:
calm on both.
Page 78 and 79:
for I was driven away by some foots
Page 80 and 81:
"I shall not begin until I see that
Page 82 and 83:
The habits of our lives make us pre
Page 84 and 85:
"To be sure, nothing created by man
Page 86 and 87:
implications.) "At first I wanted t
Page 88 and 89:
jasmine perfume on Madeleine's thro
Page 90 and 91:
God orders us to be born' Don't you
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walk (I believe I did this to hear
Page 94 and 95:
purchase of the island and in the c
Page 96 and 97:
It is possible that every need is b
Page 98 and 99:
I must admit that I feel slightly u
Page 100:
has preserved nothing
Page 103 and 104:
and, if men do not heed the advice
Page 105 and 106:
If I should find Faustine, how she
Page 107 and 108:
But this morning the tide began to
Page 109 and 110:
tile, the undamaged and whole wall,
Page 111 and 112:
I have the impression, undoubtedly
Page 113 and 114:
Perhaps the leaves and flowers died
Page 115 and 116:
Now I believe I can identify the de
Page 118 and 119:
the first appearance must have occu
Page 120 and 121:
one who is in love with Faustine, w
Page 122 and 123:
I was especially careful to keep my
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OTHER NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS CLASSIC
Page 126 and 127:
LEONARDO SCIASCIA The Wine-Dark Sea
Page 128 and 129:
whole image. This fact suggests the
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